Zombies Now Run.

Rating: 8/10 (30 December 2015)

28 Days Later (2002): Dir: Danny Boyle / Cast: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Ecceston, Megan Burns, Brendan Gleeson: Not a sequel to the drunken Sandra Bullock comedy although it is a better film nonetheless. It is similar to the David Cronenberg film Rabid, with references to the rapture. Activists break into an animal testing lab to free the chimpanzees. A lab assistant pleads that the chimps are infested with a deadly virus through blood called Rage. 28 days later a man awakens in the hospital and learns that everyone is infested and pursues him with animalistic hunger. He is aided by a black female who swings a nasty machete, and another male. They are soon joined by a father and son duo. Detailed screenplay until the third act where it turns to guck with human forces battling each other as well as the zombies. It also doesn't help when the ending gives off a sort of happy-go-lucky feel. Story gives no answer to the virus, but it is director Danny Boyle's best film since Trainspotting. Cillian Murphy pulls through as a survivor who awakens to the nightmare. Naomie Harris plays his female companion who ends up the victim of male sexual violence. Christopher Ecceston plays a corrupt military person with sadistic plans. Megan Burns plays another survivor. It regards mankind and destruction with little hope for reparation. Score: 8 / 10